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Selections for Punchestown – Oct. 13th 2026
1.35: DANNY POWER (MARK WALSH/JOHN QUEALLY) 2.10: CHANTILLY WINGS – EW – (CARL MILLAR (5)/CIAN COLLINS) 2.45: SAMUI (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.20: PILGRIMS WALK – EW – (CONOR CLARKE (7)/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 3 55: DOCTOR ELVIS (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.30: GRANLAHAN (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/ADO MCGUINNESS) 5.07: LEO MESSI – EW – (JAMES SMITH (3)/T0M GIBNEY) 5.40: SHUIL…
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Mrs Michelle Mitchell – A Tribute
Every writer will tell you, at some point there will be an assignment you don’t want to do. Dread doing. In fact, dread the thought of it even appearing on the horizon is recoiled from. To flesh out the point with a few less serious examples – in an overall sense – think of Sean…
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Selections for Roscommon – Oct. 12th 2026
1.30: A GOOD YARN – EW – (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN HOWARD) 2.00: CONTRARY TO LAW – EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 2.30: BUTTERMERE RIDGE – EW – (DIEGO LIMA/OLIVER MCKERNAN) 3.00: CISTERNA – EW – (JIMMY DALTON (7)/ANDY SLATTERY) 3.30: BIG CYPRESS (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.00: MINELLA ROCKETT (REESE HOLOHAN (5)/JOHN NALLEN) 4.30: RAKKI –…
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Lorcan Byrnes through Kiltale as ten-star Doyle makes it lucky 13 for blues
KILMESSAN…0-22 KILTALE…0-15 When I was growing up and not properly attuned to all things GAA – even in Meath – it appeared that Kilmessan and Trim met every year in the SHC Final. And, at that particular point in time, Trim always seemed to win. Understandable too, given that at the time it was a…
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Selections for Naas – Oct. 11th 2026
1.20: ITA FLORENCE (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/JIM BOLGER) 1.56: BENGAL TIGER (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 2.30: DAWNMORE (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/JIM BOLGER) 3.05: GLYFADA – EW – (GAVIN RYAN/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 3.40: CAUGHT U SLEEPING – EW – (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 4.15: GALILEO DAME – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.50: SENNAS GIRL – EW – (MEL SHERIDAN/DIEGO DIAS) 5.25: VANIR…
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Selections for Cork – Oct. 11th 2026
1.02: WORLD OF THE WAY (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 1.37: ATOMIC CITY (MARK WALSH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.12: GORTMORE LADY – EW – (EOIN WALSH/CIARAN MURPHY) 2.47: CONORSALWAYSRIGHT (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 3.22: DAD SEZ (KEVIN HEALY (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.57: NED IN THE PARK (DAVID DOYLE (5)/TIM DOYLE) 4.32: MIC DROP (SEAN FLANAGAN/DAVID M. O’BRIEN) 5.07: PASSENGER (FINNY…
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The Nuke disarmed but Cool Hand still has the force
Major breaking news people: Luke Littler is, in fact, human. Rumours to that effect circulated when the Warrington man lost out on a clean sweep of all the available top titles against Johnny Clayton. They were then endorsed when the phenomenon who is, incredibly, still a teenager, was summarily ejected from the World Grand Prix…
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Selections for Naas – Oct. 10th 2026
1.40: IVEAGH HOUSE (JACK CLEARY (5)/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 2.15: ZELANI (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 2.50: PINK VENOM (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 3.28: THUNDERBEAR – EW – (JACK KEARNEY/STEPHEN THORNE) 4.08: CUBAN GREY – EW – (RORY MULLIGAN (5)/PADDY MCKENNA) 4.40: ELMAKAYA (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 5.15: SPODO KOMODO – EW – (JOEY SHERIDAN/JOHNNY FEANE)
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Oct. 10th 2026
1.58: GLEN KILN (BRIAN HAYES/HARRY KELLY) 2.33: STRAIGHT JOHN (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.10: PORQUOI POI – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/PAUL FLYNN) 3.50: SHANDONAGH – EW – (KEVIN HEALY (7)/CIARAN MURPHY) 4.25: DAIRY FORCE – EW – (KEVIN HEALY (7/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.00: GRANLAHAN (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/ADO MCGUINNESS) 5.35: GAELIC SEER (ANNA MCGUINNESS (7)/J.E. & T. KIELY)
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Old wisdom still stands as combination win match of the year
DULEEK/BELLEWSTOWN…3-19 WALTERSTOWN…3-12 “Oh sweet Jesus what a point from Eamonn Armstrong” Davy Rispin – Clubber TV It is said that goals win games, but, when both sides accumulate commensurate quantities thereof, what splits the atom? Well, in the humble estimation of this neutral observer, it was the sum of the contributions of Oisin Miland, Eamonn…
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